Chamber cancels breakfast in response to threat of picketing, hecklers

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Mar 19, 2013 at 3:55 PMMar 19, 2013 at 3:57 PM

MILFORD, Pa. - The Pike County Chamber of Commerce has canceled Thursday’s breakfast seminar on understanding the needs, pressure and strategy of locating gas lines in Pike County.Allen Fore, the director of public affairs for energy company Kinder Morgan, was scheduled to speak.The chamber received notice that people would come to the seminar to heckle Fore, form a “HUGE picket line” and show him that is not welcome, according to a chamber press release.The chamber said in the release it is afraid of having the breakfast program disrupted and of potentially putting people in jeopardy.The chamber regularly holds “Third Thursday” breakfast seminars on topics including public relations, marketing and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.Jessica DiNapoli